Subject: [PWE3] consensus call on the t-mpls design team issues list

From: Stewart Bryant <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:02:41 +0000

Italo

We believe that we have consensus to raise these issues,
however there has been no indication of consensus to
close any of them off.

Indeed the debate on the PWE3 list indicates that we have a
long way to go, and the response by the G.8114 editor
to the AAP comments - for example the one that justifies
redefinition of the Exp bits in the MPLS label by saying:

"T-MPLS OAM frames are identified by label 14, hence
there is no confusion possible between the EXP of traffic
units and EXP (i.e. MEL) of OAM units."

reinforces this position.

We believe from an IETF perspective the only approach
we can take is to keep all of the issues open, and table
them at the SG13 meeting in Seoul.

It is our view that had the correct IETF procedure been
followed: use of the MPLS Change Process, presentation
of Internet Drafts, and open discussion on the relevant
IETF lists *at the start of, and throughout the G.8113/G.8114
design cycle* we would by now be much closer to
closure on a solution.

Regards

Stewart & Loa

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